# decorar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin decorāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [də.kuˈɾa]
* IPA: (Balearic) [də.koˈɾa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [de.koˈɾaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
* Hyphenation: de‧co‧rar
* Homophone: decorà (except Valencian)

### Verb

decorar (first-person singular present decoro, first-person singular preterite decorí, past participle decorat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/
* (transitive) to decorate
    Synonym: adornar

#### Derived terms

* decorat

#### Related terms

* decor
* decoració
* decorador
* decoratiu

### Further reading

* “decorar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “decorar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “decorar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “decorar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dekoˈɾaɾ/ [d̪e.koˈɾaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: de‧co‧rar

### Verb

decorar (first-person singular present decoro, first-person singular preterite decorei, past participle decorado)
* to decorate

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* decoración
* decorado
* decorador
* decorativo

### Further reading

* “decorar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “decorar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Interlingua
### Verb

decorar
* to decorate

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | decorar | decorar |
| participle | participle | present | perfect |
| participle | participle | decorante | decorate |
| active | | simple | perfect |
| active | present | decora | ha decorate |
| active | past | decorava | habeva decorate |
| active | future | decorara | habera decorate |
| active | conditional | decorarea | haberea decorate |
| active | imperative | decora | |
| passive | | simple | perfect |
| passive | present | es decorate | ha essite decorate |
| passive | past | esseva decorate | habeva essite decorate |
| passive | future | essera decorate | habera essite decorate |
| passive | conditional | esserea decorate | haberea essite decorate |
| passive | imperative | sia decorate | |

## Occitan
### Pronunciation

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### Verb

decorar
* to decorate

#### Related terms

* decoracion
* decoratiu
* decorator

### Further reading

* Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 216.

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /de.koˈɾa(ʁ)/ [de.koˈɾa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /de.koˈɾa(ʁ)/ [de.koˈɾa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /de.koˈɾa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /de.koˈɾa(ʁ)/ [de.koˈɾa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /de.koˈɾa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.kuˈɾaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.kuˈɾaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.kuˈɾa.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: de‧co‧rar

### Etymology 1

From de +‎ cor (“heart”) +‎ -ar.

#### Verb

decorar (first-person singular present decoro, first-person singular preterite decorei, past participle decorado)
* to learn by heart, to memorize
    Estou decorando um texto. ― I am memorizing a text.

##### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin decorāre.

#### Verb

decorar (first-person singular present decoro, first-person singular preterite decorei, past participle decorado)
* to decorate, adorn, ornament
    Eles decoraram a sala. ― They decorated the room.

##### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

### Further reading

* “decorar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “decorar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin decorare (“to adorn, distinguish, honor”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dekoˈɾaɾ/ [d̪e.koˈɾaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: de‧co‧rar

### Verb

decorar (first-person singular present decoro, first-person singular preterite decoré, past participle decorado)
* (transitive, intransitive) to decorate
    Synonym: adornar
* to garnish
* to recite
    Synonym: recitar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Related terms

* decoración
* decorado
* decorador
* decorativo

#### Further reading

* “decorar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10